Researching interest group politics in Europe and elsewhere: Much we study, little we know?

West European Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1103-1128

  Beyers, Jan ^a   Eising, Rainer ^a   Maloney, William ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 54249152299     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380802370443     Document Type: Article

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